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In a first, BJP claims mayor's seat in PMC
Updated On: 16 March, 2017 02:45 AM IST | | Chaitraly Deshmukh
<p>Finally after 67 years, 58-year-old Mukta Tilak, descendant of freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak, became BJP's first mayor for Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday</p>


Mukta Tilak along with her family members. Pic/Mandar Tannu
Pune: Finally after 67 years, 58-year-old Mukta Tilak, descendant of freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak, became BJP's first mayor for Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday. Tilak, who is a four-time corporator from Kasba Peth area of the city, secured 98 votes and defeated National Congress Party (NCP) candidate Nanda Lonkar, who received 52 votes.
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